Bit attachment.



No. 831,102. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

H. L. RIGGS..

BIT ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED DBO. 19. 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFICE.

HERMAN L. RIGGS, OF PALMYRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO PLINY S.

RIGGS,'OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BiTfATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed December 19 1905. Serial No. 292,456.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN L. Rises, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Palmyra, county of Wayne, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bit Attachments, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved bit attachment which may be efi'ectively used upon a horse that tugs or pulls or turns his head continually to one side or the other, so that no improper action of the bit may take place to pinch or annoy the horse beyond that attention which may be necessary to correct his faults in the proper manner.

My invention is capable of application to any of the numerous bits upon the market; but it is particularly applicable and advantageous for use in connection with a snaflie or centrally-jointed bit.

In carrying out my invention I provide a rigid bar to the ends of which the reins or lines are secured in the ordinary manner, and I secure the rigid bar to the rings or other ends of the bit proper, the intermediate portion of the bar being curved so as to freely pass beneath the horses chin Without touching The advantage of such a construction is best apparent in connection with the snaffle-bit shown in the drawings. In ordinary practice a snaffle when pulled upon will wedge up and pinch the horses mouth and gums. IVith my device it will be seen that the rigid bar prevents any degree of contraction between the ends of the snaffle without taking away the flexibility of the same within the horses mouth. The ends of the snaffle or other bit is also prevented from being drawn out of one side of the horses mouth and the ring end and line prevented from being drawn into his mouth at the other side when pulling upon one rein. I prefer where the horse to be bitted is one that turns his head to the side to form an extension between the bight of the attachment where it is secured to the bit end and the rein ring or loop upon the bar to give greater leverage in turning his head straight ahead.

My invention will be pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a pictorial view of the bit attachment in use.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved attachment and bit to which it issecured. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of part of a modiiied form of attachment and bit. Fig. 4 is a view in elevation of the attachment of Fig. 3 with integral rein-rings, and Fig. 5 is a similar view in elevation of the device of Fig. 2.

As shown in the drawings, B is the bit, in this instance a snaffle composed oftwo ointed sections S and S, each terminating in the usual rings It. v,

The preferred form of attachment is composed of a rigid bar having an intermediate looped portion I, having near each end a semicircular loop or bight 2, which in use lies in one of the rings R of the bit. From each bight 2 a part 4 extends, which may terminate in a knob 5, in which a usual rein-ring 6 may be secured, to which the rein 7 may be fastened in the usual way. This type of attachment is particularly useful for a horse that pulls.

The attachment shown in Fig. 3 differs from that of Fig. 2 in that the bight 30 terminates in a straight outwardly-turned rod 8, capped by a knob 50, to which the rein-ring is attached. The extra extension or rod 8 serves to give an additional leverage on a bit and is for use with a horse that continually turns his head to the side.

Fig. 4 shows with fair accuracy the exact shape and relative size of the bit attachment of Fig. 3 and differs from it only in that an integral ring 61 is formed on the end of the v bar 1 in place of the separate ring of Fig. 3.

Fig. 4, like Fig. 3, is a correct representation of an attachment such as shown in Fig. 2, but provided with an integral ring 62 in place of the separate ring.

I claim as my invention 1. A bit attachment having a pair of reinrings, an intermediate curved portion, and means for securing the attachment to both ends of the bit proper adjacent to the reinrings.

2. A bit attachment composed of a rigid bar having means for securing the reins at each end, a central curved part and a bight formed at the termination of the curved portion adapted to be secured in the bit proper.

3. A bit attachment having a pair of reinrings, an intermediate curved portion, and means for securing the attachment to both ends of the bit proper adjacent to the reinrings, an extension between the point of fastening to the bit and the rein-rin 4. A bit attachment composed of a rigid bar having means for securing the reins at each end, a central curved part and a bight formed at the termination of the curved portion adapted to be secured in the bit proper, an extension between the aforesaid bight and the rein-securing means.

5. A bit attachment com osed of a bar having rein-rings at each en a curved central portion and bights formed where said curved portions join the part carrying the rein-rings.

6. A bit attachment com osed of a bar having rein-rings at each en a curved central portion and bights formed where said curved portions join the part carrying the rein-rings, and extensions between the bights and said rings.

7. In combination with a bit jointed in the middle, an attachment composed of a rigid bar, having means near its ends for the securing of the reins, and secured to the ends of the aforesaid bit whereby a pull on the attachment will draw on the bit without permittin it to be substantially moved upon its j ointe part. I I V 8. In combination with a bit jointed in the middle, an attachment composed of a rigid bar, having means near its ends for the securing of the reins, and secured to the ends of the aforesaid bit so as to hang freely thereto whereby a pull on the attachment will draw on the bit without permitting it to be moved upon its jointed part. 7

9. In combination with a bit jointed in the middle, an attachment composed of a rigid bar having rings at its ends, bights formed in said bar and loosely fitting the bit-rin s and a curved central portion of the bar a apted to pass beneath the horses chin in practice.

Signed at New York city this 18th day of December, 1905.

' HERMAN L. RIGGS. Witnesses:

P. S. RIGGS, F. WARREN WEIGHT. 

